Carpet-stretcher



(No Model.)

. J. A. RISDON.

CARPET STRETUHER.

Patented Oct. 31, 1882.

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UNITED STATES JAMES A. RISDON, 0F IITHAGA, NEW YORK, ASSIenoE onONE-HALF TO SIDNEY A. RISDON, OF WALTHAM, MASSACHUSETTS.

PATENT OFFICE.

CARPET-STRETCHER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 266,893, dated October31, 1882.

Application filed August 18, 1882.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES A. RISDoN, of Ithaca, in the county ofTompkins and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Carpet Stretchers; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,which form, a part, of this specification.

Figure 1 is a perspective view, of my improved carpet-stretcher, andFig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in bothfigures.

This invention relates to carpet-scretchers; and it consists in certainimprovements in the construction of the same, which will be hereinafterfully described, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings hereto annexed, A represents a suitable handle providedat its lower end with a transverse cross-piece or head, B,having'sharp-pointed teeth 0, which may be slightly curved, so as totake readily in the carpet without entering the floor. The handle orlever A is pivoted between the prongs D of a forked bar, E, the lowerend of which is set in a metallic socket or ferrule, F, terminating in asingle long sharp point, G.

(No model.)

Pivoted to the bar E is a segmental ratchetbar, H, which extends throughand engages a beveled slot, I, in the lever A.

The operation of my invention will be understood from the drawings. Thelong point G, which should be thin, strong, and smooth, enters the'floorthrough the carpet, passing between the meshes ofthe latter withoutbreaking the threads or injuring the carpet. The barbed head of lever Ais utilized to push or stretch the carpet in the direction desired, andthe device may be locked, so as to hold the carpet securely while beingstretched by the ratchet-bar I.

I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States- Theherein described improved carpetstretcher, consisting of the forked barE, having socket or ferrule F, provided with the long and thin smoothand sharp point G and the pivoted ratchet-bar H, in combination with'thelever A, having beveled slot I and head B, provided with teeth or points0, as and for the purpose herein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own 1 have hereto affixed'my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES A. RISDON. Witnesses:

(J. L. CURTIS, H. O. MERRILL.

